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the first portion of the colon, beginning at the cecum in the lower right abdominal cavity and continuing upward along the right posterior abdominal wall to approximately the lower ribs.
Historical Examples

Several cases of recovery from wounds of the cæcum and ascending colon are recounted below.
Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 George Henry Makins

In this case I assumed a wound of the ascending colon had occurred.
Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 George Henry Makins

The ascending colon passes upward from the right haunch-bone to the under surface of the liver.
A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) Calvin Cutter

There was no large intestine in the place of the ascending colon.
The Anatomy of the Human Peritoneum and Abdominal Cavity George. S. Huntington

In the ccum and ascending colon numerous parasites like tadpoles, alive, adhering to the mucous membrane by their mouths.
Parasites T. Spencer Cobbold

The fixation of the ascending colon in the human embryo begins about the fourth month.
The Anatomy of the Human Peritoneum and Abdominal Cavity George. S. Huntington

A chain of small local abscesses was found surrounding the ascending colon, and a larger one over the front of the cæcum.
Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 George Henry Makins

The ascending colon was covered in the same manner and by the same fold as the small intestine.
The Anatomy of the Human Peritoneum and Abdominal Cavity George. S. Huntington

During the subsequent stages the ccum descends into the right iliac fossa, thus producing the ascending colon.
The Anatomy of the Human Peritoneum and Abdominal Cavity George. S. Huntington

I saw instances of these in the case of the ascending colon, and in the small curvature of the stomach.
Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 George Henry Makins

ascending colon n.
The part of the colon between the ileocecal orifice and the right colic flexure.